Dang, the guy who wrote the article characterizes his success as luck. I'm agreeing with him and pointing out the fallaciousness of a claim that he's wrong. How

Dang, the guy who wrote the article characterizes his success as luck. I'm agreeing with him and pointing out the fallaciousness of a claim that he's wrong. How is that off-topic? Imagine someone cited the fact that I've worked for American companies as evidence of my skill and accomplishment. Under some circumstances, this very easily could be evidence of that. To work for American companies, some people need to bust their ass hard until 12th standard to get into IIT, get top marks at IIT, demonstrate kickass skills to companies 12,000 miles away and get one of them to sponsor the visa. That surely is an accomplishment. But actually I just happened to be born on the right side of an arbitrary border. And if someone were to cite my work for American companies as accomplishment, where I claimed it was merely luck, it would be perfectly valid to point out my US citizenship and how that helps me. I feel like you are simply objecting to my mood affiliation, and perhaps trying to make HN seem more welcoming to people who wish we didn't point out true facts like this.